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Name:Dr Patricia ScullyInstitution:Photon Science Institute |
About my Work:
http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/patricia.scully/
http://manchester.academia.edu/PatriciaScully/About
Projects:
1. Laser microstructuring of polymers for optical devices
The successful collaboration with Unilever in Polymer Waveguide Sensors under the Unilever-Manchester Partnership in Advanced Measurement initiative, has facilitated 2 EPSRC projects (EP/C002059/1, EP/D059771/1). This technology enables embedded, integrated photonic devices based on waveguides, injection moulded devices and polymer optical fibres (POF).
2. Biocompatable polymer coatings for biosensors
A DTI-Knowledge Transfer Partnership was successfully established between Unilever and the University of Manchester, involving the development of a wearable polymer fibre sensor to monitor sweating for antiperspirant evaluation based on a moisture sensitive cladding.
3. MATINOES: Novel Organic-Inorganic Materials in Opto-Electronic Systems for the Monitoring and Control of Bio-Processes
Coordinator for the 8 partner EU project MATINOES, involving construction and performance of a novel enzyme based optical sensor for in-situ continuous monitoring of glucose in biotechnological production processes. The optoelectronic instrumentation and performance in laboratory bioreactors and in an industrial reactor was evaluated. The project lasted 39 months. A European patent was filed for the coating technology in 2005.
4. HYPER: Installation permitting guidance for hydrogen and fuel cells stationary applications
Coordinator for HYPER: Installation permitting guidance for hydrogen and fuel cells stationary applications. This project comprises 15 partners over 2 years and addresses regulations, codes and standards for installation of hydrogen fuel cells. We developed methods for monitoring hydrogen concentration and flames/explosions using appropriate optical coatings and optical instrumentation, since there is a lack of suitable measurement instrumentation and sensors.
5. Previous Research
Low cost, rugged sensors have been developed using large diameter, multi-moded plastic or polymer optical fibre (POF) for environmental, chemical and biological monitoring, for applications such as biofouling and scaling, algal growth. pH, particle concentration, turbidity, fluid flow, strain and water toxicity.
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About my Institution:
The Photon Science Institute provides an innovative and interdisciplinary environment for research into and the application of photon science - the understanding of how light interacts with matter. The Institute fosters collaborations across the physical, engineering, material, medical and biological sciences to produce high-quality research and knowledge transfer.Additional Information:
Research on measurement science and novel instrumentation systems is carried out in the Centre for Instrumentation and Analytical Science (CIAS). The research is concerned with the measurement of phenomena ranging from nano-scale molecular processes in biological cells right through to macro-scale chemical processes. These measurements are of great importances to such areas as environmental monitoring, chemical reaction engineering, disease diagnosis, detection of drugs and explosives and imaging for health-care and the life-sciences. To meet these measurement demands, the research develops new analytical methodologies and instrumentation exploiting a wide range of advanced chemical, biochemical and physical sensors that utilise optical spectroscopies, complex mass spectrometries such ion mobility and secondary ion mass spectrometry, laser generated ultra-sound, laser trapping, polymer microfabrication, microfluidics, optical fibre sensing and PET tomography
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